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Featured · July 16, 2026 · 6 min

Graph-Native Data Structures in C#, Part 4 — Graphs & Adjacency with a Social Follow Network

Part 4 of the series models a directed social follow network in NebulaGraph, then surfaces neighbour queries, mutual connections, friend-of-friend suggestions, and super-node protection as typed C# async methods.

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July 13, 2026 · 7 min

Graph-Native Data Structures in C#, Part 3 — Linked Lists & Sequences as Edges

Model append-only event streams and version chains as linked-list graphs in NebulaGraph, then walk, mutate, and guard them safely from C# using idempotent VIDs and native nGQL GO traversals.

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June 26, 2026 · 7 min

Graph-Native Data Structures in C#, Part 2 — Trees & Hierarchies with NebulaGraph

Relational adjacency lists and nested sets buckle under real hierarchy workloads. This article shows how to model, query, and mutate category trees in NebulaGraph using nGQL and the nebula-net C# client — with cycle guards built into your application layer.

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June 26, 2026 · 6 min

Two Bugs Hiding in Our OpenTelemetry Pipeline: CORS Preflights and the NUL Byte That Killed a Whole Batch

Two silent production bugs in an OTLP-based observability pipeline — one blocking all browser telemetry clients, one dropping entire log batches — exposed how quickly boundary gaps become blind spots. Here's the root cause, the fix, and the repro for each.

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June 11, 2026 · 6 min

Vertical Slice Architecture in ASP.NET Core: Features as First-Class Citizens

Vertical Slice Architecture flips the organizational instinct of layered systems — instead of grouping code by technical concern, you group it by use case. Here's how to structure, share, test, and migrate to slices in a real ASP.NET Core codebase.

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